Darlene ‘De’ Stickel Passes Board Leadership to Mark Hottowe
Mark Hottowe was named the next president of the ESD 112 Board of Directors at the agency’s regular board meeting on January 24. Outgoing president Darlene “De” Stickel, who served in the position for the past two years, passed the [...]
Two Students Named 2023 Regional Poetry Out Loud Champions
Two students representing schools in Thurston and Pierce counties have advanced from the SW Washington Regional Final to the State Final for the Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition. The top two scorers were announced during a virtual Regional Final ceremony [...]
Dana Miles featured in ‘Putting Students First’ podcast
Watch or listen as League of Education Voters Communications Director Arik Korman interviews Dana Miles, the 2023 Washington state Teacher of the Year. They discuss why language is so important to students in the Deaf community as well as strategies [...]
ESD 112’s Deb Drandoff Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State Health Care Authority
Educational Service District 112 (ESD 112) Director of Prevention and Youth Services, Deb Drandoff has been presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Health Care Authority in honor of her more than 30 years of work to prevent youth [...]
School Leaders & Legislators Convene to Discuss State Support for Local Education Needs
Elected leaders, school superintendents, and other education leaders gathered virtually for the annual ESD 112 Legislative Forum. The November 28 forum, held virtually for the third year in a row, was attended by ten legislators (representatives from the 17th, 19th, [...]
Skamania School Serves as Model for Grant-Funded Building Modernization
Nov. 18, 2022 – SKAMANIA, Wash. – State and local elected leaders met at Skamania School this week to learn about how school leaders used state grant funds to modernize facilities without an additional burden on their local taxpayers. “Skamania [...]
Drug take-back event in Southwest Washington collects 2,678 pounds of unused medications and syringes
More than 600 residents in Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties safely dropped off a total of 2,678 pounds of unused medications and syringes during a multi-site drug take-back event on Saturday, October 29th. The medication disposal event was held at [...]
Board Member of 25 Years Steps Down from ESD 112 Board
Former Board Chair, Dr. Richard Graham, submitted his resignation from the ESD 112 Board of Directors after 25 years of service to ESD 112’s District 1. Graham was appointed to the ESD 112 Board of Directors in July of 1997, [...]
Washington School for the Deaf’s Dana Miles Wins State “Teacher of the Year” Award
Dana Miles, a teacher at the Washington State School for the Deaf based in Vancouver, Washington has been recognized as the 2023 Washington State Teacher of the Year. Miles was presented with the award on September 12, by State Superintendent [...]
